The Armour Archive

Dmitriy

JP -- yeah, just like when we get hit with a rattan sword on the shin.

Plate is proof at GWW this year, I think that's a better rule.

-D

Dmitriy

Hi Wulfe, a few of comments. 1. I am not clear on how capturing happens. When we have tournaments with capture out here, being captured means getting struck in the head or body (equivalent to "getting killed" in regular melees). You seem to have room for both. Make sure that the capturing mechanism ...

Dmitriy

Wear your best stuff and people will respect you for the effort you put into it.
Just don't be the guy who shows up to practice for a year and does nothing because he's still getting his perfect gear together.
-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

Janos and Broadway!
Janos sold his armour

Dmitriy

Yeah.. when I finally met JP face to face, all I could utter was "wow... I thought you were... well I thought you were a fat guy..."

I am just so tactful sometimes

. He didn't seem to take offence, though.

Dmitriy

I'll be there, but only Friday through monday

Dmitriy

The short version is -- there is no such thing as Russian heraldry for the SCA period.

So just come up with designs that say "russian" to your aesthetic.

Dmitriy

Ok, I asked the man himself -- Duke Paul won one crown with a glaive, and the rest were florentine, sword and shield, or a combination thereof.

-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

Oh.. are we counting Coronets?
Sir Brand won his with a glaive, so did Visc. Kido/Helmut (name change...)

Dmitriy

Hi Russ, I'll bet he has clear plastic edging or something.. For SCA, the purpose of edging is to prolong the life of the shield and of the swords that hit it. There's no society-wide thickness requirement or anything. Now, the shield itself being made of rawhide (is that what you are saying by rawh...

Dmitriy

I am almost sure one of Duke Paul of Bellatrix's crowns was won with a greatsword as the primary weapon.

Dmitriy

Bjorn -- yes.
Overlapped metal plates are proof (or at least they are in the West).

Dmitriy

It means that plate is proof to arrows and similar projectiles (plate being defined as metal, so a plastic "breastplate" is not plate).

Regular fighting is not affected by this.

-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

Apollonia wrote:So what do counts and viscounts get then?

No respect...

-D
(a viscount)

Dmitriy

I think trying to reason it out by judging how much impact a touch to the face would do, etc, is overdoing it. The simple fact of it is, when we fight, we expect to get hit with a certain amount of force -- "a hit, a very palpable hit." There is satisfaction in yielding a fight after being struck wi...

Dmitriy

He's writing them instead of spending time on the Archive, I bet. Did you notice Sir Vitus is ranting on this list a lot less lately, and letting his squire do the job instead? I'm going to bet that the biggest philosophical difference between me and Vitus is on the topic of fealty. I wonder what he...

Dmitriy

I've told the story on these pages, but here it is again: At my first Estrella, we were fighting in the ravine. I was using a short (6ft) glaive, and found myself standing in front of my shield wall, harassing our opponents. The glaive was a new thing to me, and I didn't use it well, but I guess I l...

Dmitriy

In Russian, the bishop is called "the elephant"

The rook is called a boat (but always looks like a tower....) and the knight is called a horse.

-D

Dmitriy

Duke Paul of Bellatrix is a very good and patient teacher.
Jarl Ragnarr Beowulf is also exceptionally good as a trainer -- I am told he was taught by Sir Wulf Sagen von Ostensee, who's a legendary teacher (legendary to us, he's active elsewhere).

Dmitriy

It is available at www.bellatrix.org

-D

Dmitriy

A linen tunic.

-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

I'd say this is time for a new sword:
http://www.pbase.com/darter02/image/33275329

Dmitriy

Depends on your virtue, obviously.

And how you treat your fleshy rhoarch.

Dmitriy

Naturally, this is a pretty biased list.. West Kingdom Sword and shield -- Duke Jade Sword and Buckler -- Earl Hansa Sword and Dagger -- Earl Hansa Axe/mace and shield -- almost never see it. Duke Rolf, I guess. Two weapon -- Duke Fabian Bastard sword -- Duke Paul or Sir Colin Great sword -- Duke Pa...

Dmitriy

Will the methods you guys list here work on rust stains (set with sweat, not just water...)

-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

Asbjorn -- someone already quoted the relevant rule. (1) Under this standard, an acceptable blow to the face would be lighter than to other portions of the head or body. Areas deemed illegal for attack (the wrists from one inch above the hands, from one inch above the knees and below) shall be consi...

Dmitriy

West kingdom -- the whole head is a target for a thrust as well as for a cut.

Dmitriy

JP, were you in the BotB? THere's a photo of you there either right before the tourney photos start, or in the very beginning of the tourney, i am not sure

God what a caliber of fighter that tournament brings. This is inspiring me so much. Fortunately, this is a Crapaud thursday

Dmitriy

Oh no, Sir B...
You have no idea what you just did to my productivity .....

Dmitriy

Stephen VonDresden *again* ??

There must be <b>someone</b> out there who can beat this guy!

Amazing.

Dmitriy

Sasha_khan wrote:I entertained thoughts of knocking Gwen down, grabbing the stuff and bolting for my truck...

...and I don't 'do' any period this would be correct for!

Which wouldn't be correct -- the clothing, or the knocking over?

Dmitriy

Gaston --
As I recall, you have your own web server, so I'm assuming you know how to upload photos to that server.

Just put the pictures there, and then link them by writing the following in your post:

[img http://yourserver.com/images/your_image.jpg]

Dmitriy

Who was in it, highlights, photos?...

Dmitriy

Jay -- oh, come on. Just say "I accept"

-D

Dmitriy

That'll teach me to click on the link before reading the rest of the message... thanks, Gaston, there goes my lunch

-D

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